
Opinion|Videos|April 23, 2025
Importance of Primary Care in Identification and Screening for Hypercortisolism
Experts discuss how the clinical presentation of hypercortisolism differs in the primary care vs specialist setting, highlighting earlier signs/symptoms vs overt disease, and review recent data on the prevalence of hypercortisolism, including its higher occurrence in patients with difficult-to-control diabetes, difficult-to-control hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
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- How would the clinical presentation of hypercortisolism differ in the primary care vs specialist setting?
- Earlier signs/symptoms vs overt disease
- The prevalence of hypercortisolism in certain at-risk patients is higher than previously thought. Can you discuss some of the recent data on hypercortisolism prevalence?
- Prevalence of hypercortisolism in patients with difficult-to-control diabetes was 24%.
- Prevalence of hypercortisolism in patients with difficult-to-control diabetes and difficult-to-control hypertension was 40%.
- Patients with cardiovascular disease had a higher prevalence of hypercortisolism than those without (33.3% vs 20.9%).
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